Aslan is the talking lion who rules Narnia in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia.
Aslan is introduced in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as the great lion whose return signals hope for Narnia. He is the son of the Emperor-beyond-the-Sea and serves as Narnia’s creator, king, judge, and protector. His presence connects many of the separate stories in the seven-book series.
The name Aslan comes from the Turkish word for “lion.” Lewis used the character in explicitly Christian allegorical ways, although he also said that the Narnia books were not simple retellings of biblical stories. Aslan’s death and return in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe are especially central to interpretations of the series.
Aslan should not be confused with Mr. Tumnus, a faun; Reepicheep, a mouse; or Puddleglum, a Marsh-wiggle. Those characters are important Narnian figures, but none is the lion who rules the land.